One for Sorrow
I've been hinting about this in several recent entries to this journal and was just waiting a bit to make sure everything was pretty much finalized. So the big news I've been wanting to share for about the past two and a half months is that my first novel, One for Sorrow, has been bought by Juliet Ulman at Bantam Books. I'm not sure of a publication date yet, but as soon as I know, I'll post it here.So that's it, the exciting news I've been withholding (unless you were one of the several hundred people I emailed about it in private of course. Ahem.)
And for fun, here's a mock design of the book my friend Amber van Dyk did of One for Sorrow when I read from it for the first time at Wiscon a while back.
29 Comments:
Spectuckingfacular!
Man, is Juliet awesome or what? She's buying all sorts of great projects these days!
Congrats congrats congrats!
John Klima
huzzah!
Oh yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yayayayayayayayayay.
And did I say, YAY!
I think I did.
Congrats!
- Hannah
Ah, I knew it was something like this. I spoke with Uncle Rick and even Sharyn November about you, trying to discern where your work had landed.
I'm very excited (though you had supremely fooled me with the cover - I thought this had all happened ages ago and any month now we would find ONE FOR SORROROW on the shelves).
I look forward to buying a copy.
WOO-HOO!!!
That's great news!
I like that cover, too. Kind of wish it was the real one.
gods, i am so happy for you.
LOVES!
amber :)
Awesome!!! Huge congrats, Chris. Very happy for you.
Congratulations on the sale, Chris! This is great news! (BH strikes again!)
This is awesome in every possible way! Congrats!
Woot! Big happy dance!
Thanks everyone! I'm really excited. Dave, I like this cover too, though I think the boy could be a bit older. Other than that, I think it captures the look I'd pick if writers had any input into the design of their own books. Fortunately I really like the covers Bantam's been doing for other books lately, so I think I'm in good hands. But if anyone in the design dept. *happens* to be reading this, I would also choose uneven paper, and since it'll be a trade paperback I'd also make the covers have flaps, so you could put an author photo on the rear flap and you know, I'm kind of cute, I'm sure that'd sell several hundred copies alone.
Unfortunately I am being entirely serious here. ;-)
Thanks again!
Hehe, Haddayr is cute.
And John, I just heard about your anthology Juliet bought too. What a cool idea, the winning spelling bee words being inspiration for stories. So congratulations back atcha!
Congratulations! I think author photos should be mandatory.
Dude, said it before, will say it again: PARTAY!!!! PARTAY PARTAY PARTAY.
also, congrats.
Love,
Meghan
congrats, bro! i know the book has changed a lot over the last years, but i knew when i read it i was a winner. its tone and slowly unfolding drama is truly fascinating. i'm sure it'll be huge and everyone will call it the next Lovely Bones.
:)
Juliet's mama don't raise no dummies. ;)
~barth
Congratulations, Chris! I'm really looking forward to reading One for Sorrow. *grin grin*
PamM
True, the boy could be a little older.
I'm very excited to see this in print!
Congratulations, Chris! I couldn't be happier for you.
I hope I can see you soon and we can go celebrate. You are wonderful, your writing is wonderful, and I am so ecstatic for you, you have no idea. :D
<3 Chris!!!
-Karin
Chris,
Congratulations, although we are two of the hundred people who already knew your great news.We are so hugely PROUD of you, words cannot express our feelings. What can I say, a chip off the old block. Love you, Mom & Dad :)
P.S. Could I get you to autograph a copy for me?
"I'm kind of cute..." and ever so modest.
Rick
Yay! Now I'm only waiting for one more novel from that Wiscon reading. Which is good, cause I'm totally running out of patience.
YAY! YAY! YAY!
You can count me in for a copy. Congrats, man!
Sultry and slightly shocking come-hither could work. Unfortunately I'm not as sultry and come hither at 30 as Mr. Capote was at 23.
OHHHHH, My Beloved Friend,
I am sooooooooo friggin' happy for you! Congratulations darlin'! You derserve it.
PS... I think you need a sultry photo while holding a moscow mule... j/k... it should be a whisky on the rocks!
Love ya!
Congratulations, Chris. I'm really looking forward to it.
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